About Network Rail
Join Our Team at Network Rail!
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
About our people and the recruitment process
We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work-life balance.
We offer excellent benefits, including:
1. Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
2. Defined benefit pension scheme.
3. 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
4. Up to 75% off leisure travel for you and your family (subject to terms and conditions).
5. Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.
6. Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.
7. Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
8. Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
9. Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.
10. Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments.
Brief Description
You'll be joining our finance team, which is part of the corporate structure known as Finance and Business Support, this feeds into Route Services. Your role involves supporting the function to deliver services that are vital to the running of the railway, deliver the provision of services agreed by the routes to allow them to benefit from economies of scale and the optimisation of our critical resources.
We offer business partnering insight, guidance and financial support to 6 primary functions; Business Services, Commercial and Procurement, Information Technology, Asset Information Services, Supply Chain Operations, and Engineering Services, along with the Routes and Regions.
About the role
Main responsibilities:
To work as an integral member of the supported business senior leadership team, to proactively identify, plan and meet the finance needs of the business in order to improve business performance, in coordination with other members of the wider finance team as required. To positively challenge Senior Leaders, budgets and business activities to enable the best business outcomes are delivered.
What will you be doing?
1. Consolidate, critically review and provide technical advice and guidance on periodic financial results and forecasts to identify and monitor risks, opportunities and efficiencies to minimise the financial and legal impact on the business area.
2. Provide robust professional recommendations and financial guidance on accounting guidelines and standards to enable the business to be financially and legally compliant.
3. Provide technical and professional oversight of the periodic accounts, relevant analysis and preparation of business plans and budgets to enable the business to make effective decisions.
4. Develop, understand and influence the cost and income drivers relevant to the business area to deliver the yearly business plan and manage to the overall settlement by effective decision making.
5. Influence, coach and challenge senior budget holders in understanding the impact of their period results and forecasts against budgets in order to manage their business more effectively and manage within budgeting limits.
6. Proactively challenge budget holders plans and budget submissions to understand the overall plan, providing advice and new initiatives to save costs and be more efficient as an organisation.
7. Drive, adapt and deliver key KPIs and deliverables for the function, highlighting any significant issues and trends with financial and other business results to aid decision makers to make efficiencies.
8. Lead in budget holder key meetings on financial performance to provide professional financial advice and guidance to drive business decisions, minimise risk and deliver good corporate governance.
9. Develop, drive and implement investment decisions and new business activities, working collaboratively with senior leaders to explore new opportunities and drive business performance.
The ideal candidate
Meet the essential criteria/ Apply today to join our team!
Essential
1. Membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant accounting body (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW) or equivalent experience.
2. Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills at all levels.
3. Successful relevant experience working in a complex financial environment including demonstrable experience in managing business risks, professional financial control and forward planning.
4. Demonstrable record of budget management, governance and ability to understand and interpret commercial and financial landscapes (budgets, forecasts, actual status).
5. Significant experience in managing ambiguity in a financial environment with strong evaluation and decision-making skills.
6. Excellent technical financial and accounting knowledge and application of that knowledge in a complex and commercial environment.
7. Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, for example accounting and finance, business management or equivalent demonstrable experience in finance.
Desirable
1. Full membership of relevant postgraduate professional body (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW).
2. Experience of Oracle based systems.
3. Substantial experience within multiple finance disciplines.
4. Knowledge and technical expertise of Government accounting and relevant financial governance.
5. Understanding of project management principles and experience of managing complex projects to successful conclusion.
How to apply
Vacancy type: Permanent, 35 hours per week, Hybrid working of 2/3 days in the office. We welcome applications from those seeking flexible or part-time hours.
Location: The Quadrant, Milton Keynes, Manchester Square One or York (For roles based in Milton Keynes you need to live within 90 minutes of The Quadrant in Milton Keynes).
Closing date: Sunday 13th October 2024
Salary: Band3C £55,596 - £62,546
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